Issued Early Site Permit - PSEG Site
PSEG Power, LLC, and PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG) submitted an application for an early site permit (ESP) for PSEG Site on May 25, 2010. This application uses the Plant Parameter Envelope (PPE) approach which means no reactor design has been selected. The application includes a complete and integrated emergency plan, and does not include a Limited Work Authorization (LWA). On May 5, 2016, the NRC issued the PSEG Site ESP. For details (including the application, related review schedule, and associated staff documentation), see the following topics on this page:
Application Information
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The following table provides access to the ESP Application that PSEG Power, LLC, and PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG) submitted for PSEG Site.
Review Schedule
Key Milestones |
Completion Date
Actual - A
Target - T |
Application Tendered |
05/25/10 - A |
Acceptance Review |
Acceptance Review Start
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06/03/10 - A |
Docketing Decision Letter Issued/Acceptance Review Complete
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08/04/10 - A |
Review Schedule Established/Schedule Letter Issued to Applicant
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11/29/10 - A |
Safety Review |
Phase A - Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) and Supplemental RAIs issued
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09/2013 - A |
Phase B - Advanced Safety Evaluation (SE) with no Open Items developed
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05/2015 - A |
Phase C - ACRS meeting on Advanced SE
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07/2015 - A |
Phase D - Final Safety Evaluation Report (SER) issued
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09/2015 - A |
Environmental Review |
Phase 1 - Scoping Period Ends
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12/2010 - A |
Phase 2 - Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) issued to EPA
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08/2014 - A |
Phase 3 - Public comment period for Draft EIS ends
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11/2014 - A |
Phase 4 - Final EIS issued to EPA
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11/2015 - A |
Hearing |
Mandatory hearing by ASLB
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03/24/16 - A |
Permit |
ASLB initial decision on issuance of Early Site Permit
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04/26/16 - A |
Applicant Documents
The following table provides access to the documents that PSEG Power, LLC, and PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG) submitted for PSEG Site.
Date |
Description |
05/04/16 |
Submittal of Errata Page to Revision 4 of the Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site |
06/05/15 |
Cover Letter - Submittal of Revision 4 of the Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site |
05/12/14 |
Request for NRC to Suspend Review of the PSEG Early Site Permit Application Analysis of Probable Maximum Surge Flooding |
04/30/14 |
Request for Temporary Exemption Regarding the PSEG Early Site Permit Application Analysis of Probable Maximum Surge Flooding |
03/31/14 |
Cover Letter - Submittal of Revision 3 of the Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site |
03/27/13 |
Cover Letter - Submittal of Revision 2 of the Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site |
06/11/12 |
Cover Letter - Re-Submittal of Revision 1 of the Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site |
05/21/12 |
Cover Letter - Submittal of Revision 1 of the Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site |
09/10/10 |
Letter to NRC - Early Site Permit Application Online Reference Portal (Response to NRC Letter on the Subject, Dated 08/23/10) |
09/08/10 |
Letter to NRC - Federal Consistency Determination by State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
08/18/10 |
Letter to NRC - Service of Notice of Availability of an Application for an Early Site Permit |
07/29/10 |
Cover letter - Offsite Radiological Emergency Response Plans for the Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site - Revised State of Maryland Offsite Radiological Emergency Response Plans, Rev. June 2010 |
07/29/10 |
Supplement: Submittal of Revision to Site Safety Analysis Report Section 13.6 in Support of Early Site Permit Application for PSEG Site |
07/07/10 |
Supplement: Submittal of Initial Radionuclide Concentrations Used in Radioactive Transport Analysis in Support of Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site |
07/06/10 |
Supplement: Cover letter - Submittal of Meteorological Data in Support of Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site (Data in ASCII Text Data File format) |
06/22/10 |
Supplement: Submittal of Meteorological Data in Support of Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site (Data in EXCEL Spreadsheet format) |
06/09/10 |
Documents in support of Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site - Cultural and Historic Resource Reports |
06/04/10 |
Document in Support of Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site - Alternative Site Evaluation Study |
05/25/10 |
Cover letter - PSEG Power, LLC, Application for Early Site Permit for the PSEG Site |
05/25/10 |
Cover letter - PSEG Power, LLC, Offsite Radiological Emergency Response Plans for the Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site |
05/25/10 |
Cover letter - PSEG Power, LLC, Quality Assurance Program Document for the Early Site Permit Application for the PSEG Site |
02/11/10 |
Letter to NRC - Early Site Permit Application Expected Submission Date |
NRC Documents
This section lists documents in which the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) sent documents to PSEG Power, LLC, and PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG) in conjunction with PSEG Power, LLC, and PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG) application to obtain an early site permit (ESP) for the PSEG site.
Date |
Description |
05/05/16 |
Issuance of Early Site Permit for PSEG Power, LLC And PSEG Nuclear, LLC - PSEG Site (ESP-005) |
11/05/14 |
Change in Schedule of PSEG Site Early Site Permit Application Review |
06/17/14 |
Letter to PSEG - Denial of Exemption Request Regarding Deferral of Probable Maximum Surge Flooding Analysis |
06/17/14 |
Letter to PSEG - Change in Environmental Schedule of PSEG Site Early Site Permit Application Review |
03/05/14 |
Letter to PSEG - PSEG Site Early Site Permit Application Hydrology Review |
09/12/13 |
Change in Schedule of PSEG Site Early Site Permit Application Review |
05/31/12 |
Change in Schedule of PSEG Site Early Site Permit Application Review |
12/23/11 |
Change in Schedule of PSEG Site Early Site Permit Application Review |
11/01/11 |
Scoping Summary Report - Environmental Impact Statement Scoping Process |
11/29/10 |
Summary of the Public Scoping Meetings Conducted for the Environmental Review Process for the PSEG Site Early Site Permit Application |
11/29/10 |
Letter to PSEG - PSEG Site Early Site Permit Application Review Schedule |
11/08/10 |
Notice Of Hearing, Opportunity to Petition for Leave to Intervene, and Associated Order: Letter to PSEG, and Federal Register Notice (Published in the Federal Register on 11/08/10) |
10/08/10 |
Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping: Letter to PSEG, and Federal Register Notice (Published in the Federal Register on 10/15/10) |
08/23/10 |
Letter to PSEG - PSEG Early Site Permit Application Online Reference Portal |
08/04/10 |
Acceptance Review for an Early Site Permit Application for PSEG Site, and Federal Register Notice of Acceptance for Docketing (Published in the Federal Register on 8/13/10) |
06/14/10 |
Acknowledgment of Receipt of the Early Site Permit Application for PSEG Site and Associated Federal Register Notice (Published in the Federal Register on 6/18/10) |
Requests for Additional Information
The links below provide access to requests for additional information (RAIs) that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued in connection with its review of the application that PSEG submitted to obtain an Early Site Permit (ESP) for the PSEG Site. The purpose of these RAIs is to obtain all of the information that the NRC staff deems necessary to resolve any safety or environmental issues that are not adequately addressed in the application. Consequently, the applicant's responses to RAIs become supplements to the initial application. For details, see the following categories of RAIs:
All safety-related RAIs and the applicant's related responses can be viewed and downloaded by clicking on the eRAI Safety Report.
All RAIs pertaining to the environmental review and the applicant's subsequent responses can be viewed and downloaded by clicking on the eRAI Environmental Report.
Note that some RAIs and related responses may not be publicly available because they contain sensitive information.
Safety Evaluations
The following table provides access to Advanced Safety Evaluations with no Open Items that the NRC has issued in conjunction with its review of the ESP application submitted by PSEG Power, LLC, and PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG).
NOTE: Each chapter only contains the section(s) identified.
Chapter |
Description |
Date |
2 |
Site Characteristics and Site Parameters: |
Sections 2.1 & 2.2 (combined) "Geography and Demography" and "Nearby Industrial, Transportation, and Military Facilities"
|
07/28/14 |
Section 2.3 "Meteorology"
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02/26/14 |
Section 2.4 "Hydrologic Engineering"
|
05/08/15 |
Section 2.5 "Geology, Seismology, and Geotechnical Engineering"
|
08/21/14 |
3 |
Design of Structures, Components, Equipment, and Systems: |
Section 3.5.1.6 "Aircraft Hazards"
|
12/30/13 |
11 |
Radioactive Waste Management: |
Sections 11.2 & 11.3 (combined) "Radiological Effluent Release Dose Consequences from Normal Operations"
|
02/13/14 |
13 |
Conduct of Operations: |
Sections 13.3 & 14.3.10 (combined) "Emergency Planning" and "Emergency Planning Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (EP ITAAC)"
|
02/14/14 |
Section 13.6 "Physical Security"
|
12/30/13 |
15 |
Transient and Accident Analysis: |
Section 15.0.3 "Radiological Consequences of Design Basis Accidents"
|
12/30/13 |
17 |
Quality Assurance: |
Section 17.5 "Quality Assurance Program Description"
|
12/30/13 |
20 |
Requirements Resulting from Fukushima Near-Term Task Force Recommendations |
05/15/15 |
Final Safety Evaluation Report for an ESP at the PSEG Site
The NRC issued the Final Safety Evaluation Report for the PSEG Site ESP application on September 29, 2015
NUREG-2202, containing the safety evaluation report for the PSEG Site ESP Application, was issued October 2016
Final Environmental Impact Statement
See NUREG-2168, "Environmental Impact Statement for an Early Site Permit (ESP) at the PSEG Site, Final Report." (November 2015). For a companion reader's guide to the final environmental impact statement see Reader's Guide.
PSEG Early Site Permit
On May 5, 2016, the NRC issued the PSEG Early Site Permit for a site located on the southern part of Artificial Island on the east bank of the Delaware River in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey.
Contacts for the PSEG Site ESP Application |
Safety Project Manager |
Prosanta Chowdhury |
Environmental Project Manager |
Allen Fetter |
Contact a Public Affairs Officer |